Toby Lewis
The Bahrain investment firm has joined the throng of MENA buyout firms continuing doing deals in the West despite the credit crunch.
Terra Firma will tomorrow launch its overhaul of the UK record business after buying it for £3.2 billion at the height of the buyout boom. It is expected to confirm job cuts at the company.
A survey has revealed lower mid-market buyout firms are widely appreciated by UK entrepreneurs despite the negative publicity the industry has received in the country.
The specialist investment firm’s loan book grew by 16.5 percent as it helped banks reduce their balance sheet exposure to transactions underwritten before the problems in the credit market became apparent.
Mezzanine’s resurgence gathers apace as the European buyout firm diversifies into loan financing in the changed investment climate post-credit crunch.
Mezzanine’s resurgence gathers apace as the European buyout firm diversifies into loan financing in the changed investment climate post-credit crunch.
The specialist investment firm’s loan book grew by 16.5 percent as it helped banks reduce their balance sheet exposure to transactions underwritten before the problems in the credit market became apparent.
The French retailer has pulled out of the bidding for Migros, as buyout firms such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and BC Partners are set to table bids tomorrow for the Turkish company.
Istithmar, a Dubai government-owned investment firm, reportedly plans to diversify into venture capital and debt investing as the unavailability of leverage makes larger deals more difficult.
Trade buyer H Bauer scooped the consumer magazine and radio business divisions of Emap at an 11.2 times profit multiple for £1.14 billion, leaving buyout firms empty-handed.